The Developmental Origin of the Animate-Inanimate Distinction
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Preparation of this article was supported by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to the second author. The authors would like to thank Arlene Walker-Andrews, Philippe Rochat, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. Correspondence and requests for reprints should be sent to David H. Rakison, Department of Psychology, Baker Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890. USA, [[email protected]]. In press: Psychological Bulletin
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